The journey back to Colloniel took four days with six hundred faery refugees in tow.
Kaleth made multiple trips, ferrying groups while other faeries who retained flight capability traveled under their own power. The evacuation was slow but steady, and by the time the last group arrived at the Sol'vur settlement, word had already spread about what Jorghan had done.
He'd eliminated an entire Scavenetore garrison. Freed hundreds of prisoners. Saved the faery queen from death. And apparently married her through sacred tradition that no one had explained properly beforehand.
The settlement buzzed with gossip, speculation, and a growing sense that their clan head attracted complications the way flowers attracted bees.
Jorghan stood at the edge of the construction site where Colloniel Ruins's restoration was supposed to begin, looking at the massive scope of work ahead and feeling the weight of inadequate resources pressing down like physical force.
The ruins were extensive.
